{"id":29111,"date":"2025-02-07T09:41:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T14:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/crongtons-imogen-osullivan-archie-maddocks\/"},"modified":"2025-02-07T11:44:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T16:44:18","slug":"crongtons-imogen-osullivan-archie-maddocks-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/crongtons-imogen-osullivan-archie-maddocks-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Interview: Behind the Scenes of Crongton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new series <em>Crongton<\/em>\u00a0takes the best-selling, award-winning\u00a0<em>The Crongton Chronicles<\/em>\u00a0novels by Alex Wheatle and gives them a fresh twist for the screen. Produced by New Pictures as a BBC iPlayer series,\u00a0<em>Crongton\u00a0<\/em>follows the lives and journeys of a thriving, multicultural community in a fictional, vibrant housing estate. 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